Free puppet workshop at UConn

Updated 1:47 pm, Friday, July 24, 2015

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Puppets in the University of Connecticut's Puppet Arts building on the school's Depot Campus in Storrs, Conn. UConn is one of two schools in the nation to offer degrees in puppetry. (AP Photo/Pat Eaton-Robb)

Puppets in the University of Connecticut's Puppet Arts building on the school's Depot Campus in Storrs, Conn. UConn is one of two schools in the nation to offer degrees in puppetry. (AP Photo/Pat Eaton-Robb)

Photo: Pat Eaton-Robb / Associated Press

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A free community puppet workshop will be held at the University of Connecticut during the 2105 National Puppetry Festival in Storrs the week of August 10.

The workshop will take place Tuesday, Aug. 11-14 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the Bishop Center Room 146, One Bishop Circle, each day led by Madison Cripps, a nationally recognized puppet artist from Ashville, North Carolina.

The goal of the workshop is to create sea creatures out of found objects such as soda bottles, milk jugs and decorative items that spark the imagination.

No experience is necessary. Children under the age of 15 must be accompanied by an adult. To participate in these free puppet workshops, please register by sending a message that includes your name, age, and phone number to puppetfest@uconn.edu.

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The puppets will be used in a Community Puppet Parade to take place on Saturday, Aug. 15 starting at 11 a.m.

The parade will begin in the center of the UConn campus and travel to Storrs Center, where a Town Square Puppet Fair will present dozens of performances and events throughout the afternoon.